IG Sport are unconvinced by Ireland’s Six Nations charge

chickendinner’s favourite spread betting firm preview the rugby

Photo Credit: David Davies, PA Wire

Our buddies at IG Sport are here again to preview the spread betting markets for the Six Nations, which kicks off this weekend:

Since 1948 the trophy cabinets and success annuals of Northern European sport have burgeoned significantly.  Scotland have become World Elephant polo Champions, the Welsh have reached a football World Cup quarter-final, the French have won the World scrabble Championship over 20 times, an Englishman (albeit with a Canadian accent) has reached a tennis Grand Slam final and Italy have won over a dozen Olympic fencing gold medals.  In that time too Ireland have beaten Pakistan at cricket and an Irishman has won the Tour De France, what the Irish haven’t done since 1948 however is win a Six Nations Grand Slam! Indeed the Irish have failed to land the Six Nations once since 1985.

Will that change in 2009 – IG Sport aren’t convinced.  The sports spread betting firm have the Irish priced at 26-29 on their 60 index (60 winner, 40 runner-up, 20 third, 10 fourth, 5 fifth, 0 bottom).  Wales are the firm’s favourites at 31-34 with France 28-31, England 26-29, Scotland 12-15 and Italy 5-7. One thing you can be sure of is the price of a celebratory round of 15 pints of Guinness which would have set you back 90p in 1948 has gone up!

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Posted: February 6th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn |